Consequences of activation to work targeting young people with health related problems - a comparison of activation policies in Sweden and Denmark
Year: 2015
Type: conference-paper
Abstract: Introduction The Nordic countries have had a long history of an active labour market policy. Over the years activation in different forms have been used as a method to combat unemployment amongst the unemployed where the only problem is the lack of a job itself. However activation policy is now permeating policy within the field of social and economic protection for adults who for medical reasons cannot work. A strong emphasis on paid work as the main source to social inclusion has legitimized work promoting activation targeting socially vulnerable groups such as adults with comprehensive health problems. This group previously had been considered unable to take up ordinary work (Junestav 2007, Norup, 2014; Wright, 2011; Breidahl, 2011; Van Berkel & Valkenburg, 2007). Nevertheless little knowledge exists of the effects and consequences of activation to work targeting especially young adults with medical problems.
Authors: Sara Hultqvist, Iben Nørup
Institution: Linnaeus University
Language: English
Subfield: Industrial relations
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W1766047367